I n s i d e    t h e    I n d u s t r y
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 • Maintain That Bike! 
 • Dealers 
 • Abrasive Blasting 
 • The GL1000 Problem NEW
 • Manufacturer Infallible? NEW
 • Restorers NEW
 • The Vintage Problem NEW
 • Keyswitches NEW
 • What Is Quality? NEW
 • More on Shipping NEW
 • Honda Service Bulletins NEW

M e d i a    M a d n e s s
 • Lies From the Ether Revised
 • Forum Backwardness 
 • sohc4.net 
 • cb750c.com 
 • Forums 
 • Electrical Deception 
 • Inside Honda's 1st-Gen V4s
 • Debunking 1st Gen V4 Myths
 • Early V4 Cam Issues
 • Motorcycle User Forums
 • The Real Issues 
 • Powersports Orphans NEW
 • Enemies NEW
 • Forums and Me NEW
 • Compression Nonsense NEW
 • Noodling NEW
 • Hand Impacts NEW

E n g i n e    T e c h
 • High-Perf. Engine Building
 • Horsepower
 • Compression Testing Revised
 • Valve Clearances
 • Valve Jobs Done Right
 • Cylinders Done Right Revised
 • Engine Assembly Revised
 • Motor Oil
 • More on Motor Oil
 • Piston Clearances
 • Detonation
 • Marvel Mystery Oil 
 • Big Bore Kits 
 • Camshafts 
 • More on Cams 
 • No Free Lunch 
 • Dyno Truth and Error 
 • Cam Wear 
 • Oil: a Mechanic's View 
 • Sealers 
 • Clutches 
 • Combustion's Mysteries 
 • More on Cyl Heads 
 • Compression Truths 
 • Non-TDCC Valve Adj 
 • Valve Seat Tools 
 • Oil Consumption NEW
 • Four-Valve Heads 
 • Forged Pistons 
 • The Truth About Porting 
 • The Water Tune NEW
 • The Honda Starter Clutch NEW

R i d i n g
 • Green River 
 • 5,000 Miles in 10 Days 
 • Doing My Corner 
 • A Wild Ride 
 • Looking Back NEW
 • California Traffic School

E l e c t r i c a l    T e c h  • Vintage Honda Wire Codes
 • Charging System Variations
 • Resistor Plugs and Wires
 • Honda DOHC, CBX Chging
 • Honda DOHC, CBX Ignition
 • The Volt Drop Test
 • Electrical Connectors
 • Powersports Batteries
 • Ammeters Revised
 • Vintage Chging Systems
 • The 95/50 Rule
 • The Ignition Coil Cult 
 • Ign Coil Relay Mod 
 • The Elect Deception 
 • The CBX/Kawa Alternator 
 • Easy Four-Way Flashers 
 • GL1000 Ign Anomalies NEW
 • Dyna ignition NEW

C h a s s i s    T e c h
 • Shucking the Shakes
 • CBX Pro-Link Shock
 • Brake Fluid Revised
 • Brake Problems Revised

T o o l i n g    U p
 • How-To: Leakdown Tester
 • Trick Tools
 • Kowa Seiki Tools
 • The Exh Gas Analyzer 
 • Peak Volt Diagnostics 
 • The Load Tester 
 • The Harbor Freight Lift 
 • Valve Seat Tools 
 • Carb Sync Gauges 

B i k e    P r o j e c t s
 • 1979 CBX1000 
 • 1981 CBX1000 
 • 1981 CB750 DOHC 
 • 1973 CB350 Four 
 • 1981 CBX1000 
 • 1986 VF1100C 
 • 1982 CBX1000 
 • 1979 CBX1000 
 • 1985 VF500F 
 • 1974 CB350 Four 
 • 1975 CB360T 
 • 1975 CB500T 
 • 1978 CB750K 
 • 1976 GL1000 
 • 1973 CB450 
 • 1979 CBX1000 
 • 1979 CBX1000 
 • 1978 CB750K8 
 • 1976 GL1000 
 • 1982 CBX1000 

T h e   C B X 1 0 0 0
 • The CBX Page NEW
 • The Challenging CBX NEW
 • Sixteen Things NEW
 • The Alternator Clutch 
 • The Denso Alternator NEW
 • CBX myths NEW

T h e   C B 5 0 0 / 5 5 0
 • The CB500 Page NEW
 • The Clutch Lifter NEW
 • The Clutch Pushrod NEW
 • CB500/550 Myths NEW

T h e   1 s t - G e n   V - 4
 • The V4 Page NEW
 • V4 History NEW
 • V4 Camshaft Myths NEW
 • Cams: The Reality NEW
 • Ten Things V4 NEW

T h e   G L 1 0 0 0
 • The GL1000 Page NEW
 • GL1000 myths NEW
 • Ignition anomalies NEW
 • Twenty-five Things NEW
 • GL1000 Carb Facts NEW
 • On-Bike Carb Save NEW

T h e   D O H C   F o u r
 • The DOHC Page NEW
 • Ten Things DOHC NEW